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The Izaak Walton League will co-sponsor National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHF Day) again this year. NHF Day brings together sportsmen and women to celebrate the rich traditions of fishing and hunting with national, regional, state, and local organizations hosting fishing- and hunting-related events.

Healthy streams and rivers are vital to healthy communities. Yet most Americans do not know whether their local streams are safe for swimming, fishing, or as sources of drinking water. There is a critical need for up-to-date information about water quality at the local level. The Izaak Walton League launched a national Clean Water Challenge today to mobilize and train volunteers to monitor 100,000 more stream sites for pollution by 2022.

The president has said that the United States will have the “cleanest water” under his administration – a goal shared by the Izaak Walton League of America. But the administration is directly undermining that goal by repealing the Clean Water Rule.

The administration took the first steps to repeal policies to combat climate change and promote increased extraction of coal and natural gas on public lands. We should be aggressively pursuing 21st-century energy solutions designed to address climate change and honor our land and water conservation values.

On March 16, 2017, President Trump released his budget outline that reflects the broad priorities of the administration. On virtually every issue of importance to the League the administration’s priorities are sharply at odds with our priorities.

To protect our nation’s drinking water resources and outdoor recreation economy, revisions to the Clean Water Rule must not rely on Justice Scalia’s opinion to define waters protected by the Clean Water Act.